@DohouDaniel

How RamaLama Made Working with AI Feel Boring (in a Good Way)

4d ago · 7 min read · When I first started exploring RamaLama, I expected the usual AI workflow chaos: model downloads, runtime issues, hardware quirks, and a lot of trial and error before anything useful happened. And, to

Before the AI Can Answer, Something Has to be Read 📖❇️

Mar 27 · 17 min read · When people talk about AI answering questions from documents, they jump straight to the exciting parts — the language model, the vector database, the clever retrieval logic. Nobody talks about the ung

How I Would Onboard to Outreachy Differently If I Were Starting Today (An Outreachy Onboarding Guide)

Mar 25 · 10 min read · When I first stepped into Outreachy, I thought the hardest part would be finding something to contribute to. I was wrong. The real challenge, at least in the beginning, was not the code. It was the on

Understanding Fedora: My First Real Experience with Open Source at Scale ❇️

Mar 24 · 7 min read · Hello there! I am Daniel Favour Dohou, an Outreachy applicant, in the contribution phase of the Outreachy Internship, May 2026 cohort. I am contributing to the Fedora RamaLama RAG project. And this is

A Yearlong Odyssey: #365DaysOfSoftwareEngineering (2025)

Dec 31, 2025 · 5 min read · Another year has gone by. And yes, as previously, I am writing this with a tapestry of emotions. After version 1, it has been from one experience to the next, and continuous learning. Everything you are about to read is not AI generated, and it is no...